Tag Archives: indie bookstores

What Booksellers Do

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Brian D. Butler
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Fun With Books

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

It may not be an original idea, but the booksellers at Librairie Mollat in Bordeaux, France are having a lot of fun playing with book cover art. You can follow along on the bookstore’s Instagram page.

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Happy Indie Bookstore Day

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

For countless booklovers, independent bookstores are not just retail outlets, they’re the heart of the community and a personal haven. Today, we’re marking the second annual Independent Bookstore Day across the United States. More than 435 indies, from Alaska to … Continue reading →

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Dancing Books

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

This lovely video was choreographed and performed by Renee Kester and directed by Tim Milgram. The music is Forever sung by James Bay.

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Think Globally, Read Locally

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Longmont Colorado financial planner and author Ron Vejrostek found himself frustrated by the lack of opportunities for local writers to market their books, so he opened his own bookshop. But what makes Local Editions special is its policy of only … Continue reading →

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Comedians In Cars Getting Books

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

In this season’s finale to Jerry Seinfeld’s fantastic web series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, he and the inimitable Stephen Colbert not only get coffee—at the Bluestone Coffee Co. in Montclair, N.J.— they also pop in at Watchung Booksellers to … Continue reading →

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Take a kid to a bookstore (please)

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Tomorrow is the Fifth Annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day. More than 750 bookshops in all of the 50 U.S. States, plus bookstores in 7 Canadian Provinces, Germany, the UK and Australia, will be hosting special events to … Continue reading →

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The Last Bookstore

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Arizona-based photographer Bryan David Griffith spent the better part of the last year traveling around the United States in an old camper documenting the surviving and thriving American independent bookstore. Using a large format camera, Griffith created a project called “The Last … Continue reading →

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I Like Big Books

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Founded in 1980, Pioneer Book store in Provo, Utah carries a wide selection of used, antiquarian, rare and out-of-print titles from the 17th through 21st centuries. Last week the popular bookshop unveiled its wonderful new façade featuring a huge bookshelf … Continue reading →

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Unplug With A Book

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

The Oslo, Norway-based design and brand agency Anti & Grandpeople has created a fun, pithy print ad campaign for the Norlis bookstore company. They designed a series of clever ads combining book covers to be read as phrases urging us … Continue reading →

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